FLCL

>>154424797
lol, are you me?

"I don't like it" is the best I can offer.

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what's your favourite bit, OP?

mine is: "An older woman.... that's a big mistake".

>>154424797
Why would I fight you if I agree with you?

>>154424797
Best? nah.

3rd best?
Yes

I adore FLCL. It's my fourth favorite anime. Just an overall fantastic message about becoming an adult and dealing with all the issues of life from child -> teenager -> adult, not just from the point of view of Naota, but everybody.

I don't understand why this gets so much praise. >TTGL, Gunbuster, Diebuster, Eva, and EoE were all much much better anime from the same studio.

Most overrated ever

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Brittle Bullet best episode.

>>154425026
>seperating Eva and EoE
they're the same thing
EVA and TTGL were better but Gunbuster wasn't(even though Gunbuster is great). FLCL is top tier.

Never watched it and never will

>>154425076
>but Gunbuster wasn't
Care to explain your reasoning? Yes, it had a slow start but that was necessary.

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>>154425026
>TTGL, Eva
>better than FLCL
shut your fucking mouth

>>154425050
Nope. Full Swing and Marquis de Carabas are better. Still great tho

>>154425100
I loved Gunbuster. I understand that the slow start was necessary, I even liked the show at the start. The climax of episode 4 was one of my favorite scenes in anime and Noriko is one of my favorite female characters in anime.

it's just gunbuster is my 13th favorite anime and FLCL is my 4th favorite anime. I'd give Gunbuster a strong nine and FLCL a 10.

Anecdotal, but when I first saw this on the first ever airing on AS, it was just so different than everything else I'd see up until that point. It had an impact beyond its message/intentions, and that's probably why I still love it now.

>>154425198
there just isn't actually much out there like it. the only thing that is similar is diebuster.

>>154425299
ahahahaha no

>Everyone loves meme show meant to be nonsensical and cure Gainax out of the depression that is Eva

Oh ok that explains why you're all fighting about cartoons, when I posted it was a joke.

Is it me or is 4chan not cringe anymore?

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>>154425333
you have no heart

>>154425507
>FLCL Archives
Mein nigger.

>>154425050
LIES

EPISODE 123456 BEST EPISODE

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>>154425704
have you read the light novels lad?

>>154425026
Because eva is shit

>>154425822
No he hasn't British lad.

I would have liked it if they went through with the /ss/

>>154425822
Nah all I have right now is the manga and the Archives, but I'll get around to those soon. How different are they from the anime?

>>154425980
I've only read a bit of them. They're almost like... the anime slowed down to the point that all that implied shit you might miss is explicated. And its told from the perspective of Naota, and he's fleshed out to the point that he feels more like a real person. Same with Mamimi. It's really interesting, I need to get them

I also hear that Naota's mother is referred to?

>>154426162
Shit, now I'm fucking intrigued but
>volume 3 is $400+ on amazon
why

>>154425333
Just because it's not the byproduct of the creator wallowing in depression and has wacky humor doesn't make it "nonsensical", nor does it invalidate it in any way. Try harder.

>>154426461
Just get it off BakaBT.

>>154426584
don't know why I didn't think to check there

still sucks though

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>>154426461
I know, it's ridiculous. Are Japanese versions cheaper, I wonder...

Also I heard there's actually a flash-forward at the end that shows where some of the characters end up.

I fucking love the manga ending. There's something so bleakly perfect about it but I can't put it into words

Darker than Black edges it out because Amber's death was sad but FLCL comes close.

>>154426461
There's more than 2 volumes? I remember getting the US release back in 03 and there were only 2.

>>154426805
Ah the 2000 series was 3 my bad.

i like it too anon, plebs gonna pleb
what's your favorite episode?
the first one is a 10/10 for me

>>154426745
I honestly lost grasp of what was happening in the manga after the big hand-robot started messing up the town, but somehow the ending was still heartbreaking.

Another plus from the manga was that it gave us more NinamorixNaota service, aaaaawww yeah boy

I watched it 3 times and still had no idea what was going on, but I still enjoyed it.

>>154426991
Yeah the manga is borderline incomprehensible but somehow it packs an emotional punch. I like how it feels totally different from the anime, it even has a different message. It's more about how the media distorts reality, I think.

I like how Ninamori is a lot more bitchy in it. Am I right in saying that she calls Mamimi a pedophile? Because its only in one translation I've read, others are different

>>154427301
She does that?

>lolsorandom shit
It's cancer and Reddit

>>154427301
She calls her a child molester, according to Dark Horse.

>>154427458
Yeah, that's it. That's some funny shit. And basically true, too.

Love the bit with the "room in Cuba full of butterflies"

Brushed it off as lolrandomxd shit but realized how much of a masterpiece it was on the second watch when I was a bit older

>>154427080
I don't believe you.

When I first watched it as an 11 year old, it left me with a weird feeling in my stomach for about a week afterwards. Couldn't stop thinking about it. It had a real effect on me.

definitely in the top tier; anyone have any idea when to second season is supposed to come out this year?

>>154428671
I'd be surprised if it comes out before winter, usually when we know this little it means the show's pretty far off

CRAAAAAZYYY SUUUNSHIIINE

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>>154428671
It's still set to come out this year

Also here's a synopsis from MAL and ANN:

In the new season of FLCL, many years have passed since Naota and Haruhara Haruko shared their adventure together. Meanwhile, the war between the two entities known as Medical Mechanica and Fraternity rages across the galaxy. Enter Hidomi, a young teenaged girl who believes there is nothing amazing to expect from her average life, until one day when a new teacher named Haruko arrives at her school. Soon enough, Medical Mechanica is attacking her town and Hidomi discovers a secret within her that could save everyone, a secret that only Haruko can unlock.

But why did Haruko return to Earth? What happened to her Rickenbacker 4001 she left with Naota? And where did the human-type robot "Canti" go?

(Source: ANN)

>>154429050
CAN YOU FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL. CAN YOU FEEL THE HYBRID RAINBOW.

>>154429082
>Can you feel
I knew I should have looked up the lyrics, I though it was saying "Can't evade, can't evade that hybrid rainbow" like it was somethin' coming at you

>>154429051
>But why did Haruko return to Earth? What happened to her Rickenbacker 4001 she left with Naota? And where did the human-type robot "Canti" go?
Questions nobody wanted the answers to.

>>154429051
I'm just hoping that the girl is cute and it has nice animation. It'll be a fucking miracle if they can somehow replicate the feeling of the original, so I'm not counting on it

>>154429415
They managed to capture some of the same feeling in Diebuster

but that was because it was made by largely the same team as FLCL. This new season has literally no one from the original series other than Sadamoto for character designs.

I only ever watched it dubbed.
Is it worth rewatching the subbed version or is it no better?

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>>154429471
I thought Tsurumaki was supervising or something? Whatever the fuck that means. I guess it would be possible to create something great if they got back as many of the old guys back as they could, and by bringing in some great new talent but this this is co-produced by fucking Toonami, it's nothing more than a nostalgia-fueled cashgrab. Shit sucks.

>>154429593
I'm hopeful it'll be good. Stranger things have happened

>>154429719
I am too, deep inside.

I'm just afraid of being let down.

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>>154429471
According to MAL, it says the Pillows will still be doing the music. Are they just going to re-use the same songs again??

>>154429051
not excited fir a time skip desu

>>154424797
I don't think a lot of people are gonna fight you on that, OP. That's like saying "The sky is blue", or "dfc is best, fight me"

its one of the best anime (not the best), but definitely has the best sound track of any anime

>>154424797
this was my favourite 3 hour music video

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>>154431366
I wouldn't be totally against that, but I do hope they use new tracks.

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It's definitely the best coming-of-age anime.

Didn't find any of the jokes funny though.

>>154427384
You're trying to hard to fit in here, come back in a few years kiddo

>>154429550
They literally sound the exact same

>>154429051
I swear to god if they turn FLCL into a /u/ shit-show....

>>154425198
>but when I first saw this on the first ever airing on AS, it was just so different than everything else I'd see up until that point. It had an impact beyond its message/intentions, and that's probably why I still love it now.

This pretty much. I still remember the first time watching it and thinking "Hot damn, I don't know what the fuck is going on but I love it."

>>154424797
>kid trying to destroy world just so he can fuck middle-aged woman

Its very overrated but also very good. Also the first case where the English dub was better than the original Japanese voices.

Gosh, Naota was such a cutie.

I wonder what his dick tastes like.

>>154424797
The only show more overrated than Cowboy Bebop or NGE.

Thankfully you only suffer for a fraction of the time.

>>154425077
fag

>>154428212
Same thing happened to me when I finnished eva.

>>154434961
you know it's going to happen anon

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>>154433508
best girl

>>154424966
What would the first two be? I can only think of Eva

>>154424797
nah
>Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Is anime really so bad now that we've all become nostalgiafags? I'm lucky enough to see one decent thing a year.

>>154440214
LWA is frankly the only thing I've bothered to watch this year. I think a lot of us have very specific tastes that only get filled every now and then.

>>154439925
>LOTGH
>better than FLCL
Fuck no, as much as I like the overall plot of Legends (it still has a lot of retarded bits, the terraists' subplot is fucking dumb and goes nowhere. Not to mention how forceful the ending is at trying to have no loose ends), it doesn't use the medium at all, unlike FLCL, which uses it to its fullest. LOTGH should have stayed as a book, it has little to nothing to offer as an audiovisual piece.

>>154427384
Except Reddit hates FLCL. They hate most Gainax masterpieces because pre-2007 anime "looks bad".

>>154440214
I wish there was one thing I could watch every year. For me it's at most one every two.

>>154440582
Which is strange because most of the older shit is actually animated. Anime is lazy, but the shit pulled from recent work is super lazy.

FLCL is one of those shows that's only really experienced once.

You get 1 viewing of all 6 episodes and that's it.

Whatever you get from them is completely up to you.

>Hanging around people that aren't good for you
>Keeping secrets from others as to not hurt them
>Trying to do the right thing while others lie,cheat,and cause chaos
>Discovering your feelings for others
>Succumbing to jealousy
>Fearful about everything so you aim for mediocrity to save face
>Only swinging the bat when it really matters
>Learning that growing up at your own pace is the best thing to do
>But you can only mature when you make the occasional change

>>154429189
How do you mishear FEEEEEEEL into EVAAAAAADE?

>>154441088
You forgot
>Overanalyzing 90s TV shows

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I want to pat Naota on the head

>>154425026
>TTGL
>Diebuster
>better than FLCL

Jesus christ, are you serious? I didn't know it was possible to be this wrong.

>>154425333
If you think FLCL is nonsensical you have to be fucking braindead. It practically beats you over the head with its metaphors.

>>154441088
>Swing the bat
That episode hit a little too close to home.

>>154433372
They could use old tracks too. It'd be nice to hear Kim Deal / Biscuit Hammer in FLCL2.

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What did they mean by this?

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>>154424797
No.

>>154443524
yeah, i wonder

>>154424797
I dropped it at episode 2.

>>154424797
Crazy sunshine

>>154445155
What the fuck are you doing man

I watched the whole show while having a migraine.

>>154424797
Six episodes, half of them are the dumbest shit ever.
it's shit

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>>154424963
It's not about agreeing or disagreeing, we fight just to fight.

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>>154448124
I agree. cartoons should be very smart and intellectual so smart people like you and me can enjoy them

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>>154424797
Get with the times, Flip Flappers has permanently and completely dethroned it, FLCL and everything about it is now obsolete. Even the ED is far superior to FLCL's overrated ending credits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGKjPD_BNAE

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>>154448318
Nice sales you got there.

>>154429051

Sounds worrying, desu.

FLCL's appeal is that it's an introspective of a male character going through a pretty tumultous period of his life. Alot of us watched it as young teenagers so it speaks to us in a special way. Pretty sure Evangelion's success comes partially from that, too - it covers depression, cowardice, sexual curiosity, the whole shebang.

Today i'm looking at it back through an ocean of eternal shit of female leads in all female shows. They aren't bad by default, just a bit samey.

Last Exile's sequel was a fucking crime. E7 AO completely misses the spirit of what you are meant to feel from E7. Why would I want FLCL to go in that direction?

I'm just cynical, but I mean it's a massive red flag straight out of the gate. FLCL is not just about Haruko's story or lolsorandom, it's putting feelings into motion that people can relate to with some good music and animation behind. Can you really make a sequel to a passion project that the creators put bits of themselves into?

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>>154448419
The only thing I hope for is that they show zero reverence towards the original and do their own thing

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>>154425026
I agree Gainax has made better anime, but I think FLCL is their masterpiece from an animation standpoint. Plus it's just a great coming of age story.

Also Diebuster sucks.

>>154424797
it's alright I guess

>>154424797
Gurren Lagann > Luluco > FLCL > Kill la Kill > PSG

>>154424797
Try hard, edge lord, nonsensical bullshit. Animation was good, though

>>154429051
Should never have had a sequel

>>154448398
Yeah well at least the studio is still in business.

>>154448318
I haven't seen Flip Flappers but I doubt it could match the technical mastery of FLCL's animation. Let alone a TV anime. Been interested in seeing it though.
>>154448398
>>154449118
You walked right into that one.

>>154424797
Tatami Galaxy was literally flawless.

Literally re-ddit the OVA

>>154448830
>Spoiler
it's not as good as Gunbuster but c'mon

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>>154450829
not him but Diebuster is way better than Gunbuster

>>154451021
Eh, I kind of preferred how Gunbuster at least pretended to have some semblance of actual science going on instead of just giving the protagonists magic space god powers. Also Noriko>Nono.

It was alright, but the people that praise it as some 2deep4u masterpiece are cancer.

>>154450829
I didn't like any of the characters desu. The last scene connected it to Gunbuster beautifully so I'll give it credit for that.

>>154451273
I don't really care about which fictional characters are better than others, or cartoon science. Diebuster is just better as a work

>>154451382
It is a masterpiece, but it's not deep in the slightest. More thoughtful than most commercially made stuff, though

>>154429550
Rare instance where the dub is as good as the sub.

>>154451445
meant to be to>>154451323

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>>154424797

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>>154424797

>>154424797
gurren lagann was way netter also either ttgl or gintama are the best anime

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>>154424797